Belhus, Western Australia

Belhus
Perth, Western Australia
Belhus
Coordinates 31°46′34″S 115°59′17″E / 31.776°S 115.988°E / -31.776; 115.988Coordinates: 31°46′34″S 115°59′17″E / 31.776°S 115.988°E / -31.776; 115.988
Population 255 (2006 census)[1]
Postcode(s) 6069
LGA(s) City of Swan
State electorate(s) Swan Hills
Federal Division(s) Pearce
Suburbs around Belhus:
Upper Swan
Ellenbrook Belhus Brigadoon
Henley Brook Millendon Baskerville

Belhus is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia. It is in the City of Swan local government area. It was named after the original English family estate owned by Edmund Barrett-Lennard, one of the pioneers of the Swan Valley table grape industry, in 1897.[2]

References

  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Belhus (State Suburb)". 2006 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 2008-10-05.
  2. Western Australian Land Information Authority. "History of metropolitan suburb names – B". Retrieved 2008-10-10.


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